KPS College Of Competitions

Compiled by: OP Gupta (9650 350 480)

Test on: Straight Lines, Sequences & Series and Binomial Theorem
Time: 90 Minutes Max. Marks: 60

Q01. A) What is the slope of a line bisecting the first quadrant angle?
B) For what value of , are the three lines 2x5y+3=0, 5x9y+ =0 and x2y+1=0 concurrent?
Q02. If p and q be the lengths of perpendiculars from origin upon the lines sec cosec x y a u u + = and
cos sin cos2 x y a u u u = , then prove that
2 2 2
4 p q a + = .

Q03. A) Find the equation of perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points (2, 3) and (6,5).
B) Find the area of a triangle the equation of whose sides are y = x, y = 2x and y = 3x+4.
Q04. Find the equation of a line which passes through the point (5, 4) and is such that the portion intercepted
between the axes is divided by the point in 1:2.
Q05. Determine the distance of (2, 3) from the line 2x3y+9=0 measured along a line making an angle of forty-
five degrees with the x-axis.
Q06. Reduce 2 2 0 x y + = into the normal form. Find p and e. Also find an equation parallel to this line
making an intercept of length 3units on y-axis below the origin.
Q07. A) Find the image of (8, 12) w.r.t. the line mirror 4x+7y+13=0.
B) If the image of point (2, 1) w.r.t. a line mirror is (5, 2), find the equation of line mirror.
Q08. The straight line 4x+y+1=0 through the point A(2,7) meets the line BC whose equation is 3x4y+1=0 at
the point B. Find the equation of the line AC so that AB=AC.
Q09. A) Two sides of a square lie on the lines x+y=1 and x+y+2= 0. What is its area?
B) Find all points on x+y=4 that lie at a unit distance from the line 4x+3y10= 0.
Q10. A vertex of an equilateral triangle is (2, 3) and the opposite side is x+y=2. Find the equations of its
remaining sides.
Q11. Sum the series: .4+.44+.444+.4444+ upto n terms.
Q12. Between 1 and 31, m numbers have been inserted in such a way that they form an arithmetic progression
and the ratio of 7
th
and (m1)
th
number is 5:9. Determine the value of m.
Q13. A) If p, q, r are in AP, show that the ,
th th
p q and
th
r terms of any geometric progression are also in GP.
B) Find three numbers which are in geometric progression such that their sum is 52 and sum of whose
products in pairs is 624.
OR Find the sum upto 100 terms for the series:
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 5 7
...
1 1 2 1 2 3
+ + +
+ + +
.
Q14. Show that the middle term in the expansion of
2
1 2
n
x x
x
| | + +
|
\ .
is
( ) 1.3.5... 2 1
2
!
n
n
n

.
Q15. Using binomial theorem, prove that 6 5 1
n
n never leaves any remainder when divided by 25.

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